…Dhs.601; Dhs-a.310-dibba-sota the divine ear (cp. dibba-cakkhu) DN.i.79 DN.i.154; DN.iii.38, DN.iii.281; dhamma˚ the ear of the Dhamma…

…Snp.948: taṇhā Dhp.336; sota Iti.95 3. (fig.) going beyond (the norm) transgression, offence Vin.i.133 (thull˚ a grave offence), Vin.i.167…

…(parisā); AN.ii.185 (sota˚, variant reading anudhata); Ja.ii.292 (samudda˚); Ja.v.369; Cnd.32 (taṇhā˚); Pv-a.102 (nāmaṃ mayhaṃ…

Anusota˚

in anusotaṃ (adv.) along the stream or current down-stream AN.ii.12; Ja.i.70 (opp….

…MN.i.142, MN.i.479; SN.iii.225; SN.v.200 sq.; AN.i.74; AN.iv.10; Pp.15
■ Cp. also SN.i.15 (bhavasota˚); SN.iv.128 (id.); Ja.vi.444…

adjective noun one who does not return, a Never-Returner, as tt. designating one who has attained the 3^rd stage out of four in the breaking of the bonds (Saṃyojanas) which keep a man back …

having no ears, being earless Ja.vi.16.

abstr. a + sota + ta

…s.* AN.i.115

• cattāri sotapannassa a- DN.iii.227.= AN.iv.405f.;
• pañcanga-vippahīno i.e. giving up the 5 hindrances ‣See…

…ant’s nest Ja.iv.30; sota˚; = kaṇṇa˚ Dhs-a.310.

• -āsaya (adj.) living in holes, a cave-dweller, one of the…

Brahma & Brahmā

I. Brahman

neuter [cp. Vedic bráhman nt. prayer; nom. sg bráhma]

1. the supreme good; as a buddhistic term used in a sense different from the brahmanic (save in controvers …

Brahma & Brahmā

I. Brahman

neuter [cp. Vedic bráhman nt. prayer; nom. sg bráhma]

1. the supreme good; as a buddhistic term used in a sense different from the brahmanic (save in controvers …

…Ja.i.289; Mil.313 (saddena sotaṃ br.); Pv-a.168 (vaḍḍheti + , for ābhāveti)
■ Cp anu˚, pari˚.

cp. Sk. bṛṃhayati; fr….

…See rūpa. Also combd. with sota: MN.i.318 MN.iii.264; AN.i.281
■ cakkhusmiṃ haññati rūpehi SN.iv.201 hata˚ AN.i.129. passāmi naṃ…

…Vism.343, Vism.279 (˚sota, fierce current), (˚hatthi); Dhp-a.iv.9 (goṇa) Dhp-a.iv.104; Sdhp.41, Sdhp.590, Sdhp.598
■ f….

one who causes others to remember, an instructor, teacher (cp. dhāraṇaka) AN.iv.196 (sotā sāvetā uggahetā dh.).

n. ag. to dhāreti 3

…SN.ii.140 sq. Of these sep. sota˚ DN.i.79; DN.iii.38; Vb.334 dibbasota˚ SN.ii.121, SN.ii.212; SN.v.265, SN.v.304; AN.i.255; AN.iii.17 AN.iii.280;…

…Duka-pa.54. sota the d. ear, matching the d. eye DN.i.79, DN.i.154; Ja.v.456; also as sotadhātu AN.i.255; MN.ii.19; DN.iii.38,…

“goer” in gantā hoti he will go, he is in the habit of going, combined w. sotā hantā khantā, of the king’s elephant AN.ii.116 = AN.iii.161; variant reading for gatā at MN.ii.155.

n. agent of gacchati …

…3rd place (after cakkhu & sota, eye & ear); see under rūpa. In this connection: Vin.i.34; DN.i.21, DN.i.245 DN.iii.102,…

…Ja.i.176.

• -nāsika-(sota) the lower nostril Ja.i.164.
• -bhāga lower part Ja.i.209, Ja.i.484.
• -mañce…

A. On term

Indriya is one of the most comprehensive & important categories of Buddhist psychological philosophy & ethics meaning “controlling principle, directive force, élan, δύναμις” in t …

Jhāna¹

neuter literally meditation. But it never means vaguely meditation It is the technical term for a special religious experience reached in a certain order of mental states. It was or …

…-sota the auditory passage, the ear (+ nāsika-sotāni as ubho sotāni, i.e. heṭṭhā & uparimā) DN.i.106 =…

Khaṇa¹

1. (m.) a (short), moment, wink of time; in phrase khaṇen’ eva “in no time” Pv-a.38 Pv-a.117; Sdhp.584 (etc.). Sdhp.584; khaṇo ve mā upaccagā “let not the slightest time be wasted …

…pharusavāco) Snp.158; -sota with the stream gone, i.e. without water, in macche appodake kh˚ Snp.777.

pp. of khīyati, Pass….

1. as nt. subst. what? sotānaṃ kiṃ nivāraṇaṃ what is the obstruction? Snp.1032; kiṃ tava patthanāya what is it about your wish, i.e. what good is your wish? Vv-a.226; kim idaṃ this is what, that is …

Lokiya & lokika

(adj.)

1. (ordinarily) “belonging to the world,” i.e
   1. world-wide, covering the whole world, famed, widely known Thag.554; Ja.vi.198.
   2. (-˚) belonging to the world of, an i …

Lokiya & lokika

(adj.)

1. (ordinarily) “belonging to the world,” i.e
   1. world-wide, covering the whole world, famed, widely known Thag.554; Ja.vi.198.
   2. (-˚) belonging to the world of, an i …

1. a road (usually high road), way, foot-path Vism.708 (maggaṃ agata-pubba-purisa, simile of); Vb-a.256 (tiyojana˚, simile of a man travelling); Dhp-a.i.229- addhāna˚; high road Vin.iv.62; MN. …

…sight of form (rūpa); 2 sota (ear dealing with the hearing of sound (sadda); 3 ghāna (nose) with the…

…sight of form (rūpa); 2 sota (ear dealing with the hearing of sound (sadda); 3 ghāna (nose) with the…

…& motabba correspond to sotar & sotabba & daṭṭhar & daṭṭhabba. The word does not occur in the similar passage MN.i.3.

n. ag. fr….

river; often characterised as mahā˚ in opp to kun˚ rivulet; pl. nadiyo also collect. “the waters
■ DN.i.244 (Aciravatī nadī); SN.ii.32, SN.ii.118, SN.ii.135; SN.v.390; AN.i.33, AN.i.136, AN.i.243 (m …

Nava¹

(num.) number nine. gen
■ dat. navannaṃ (Snp.p.87) instr
■ abl. navahi (Vv-a.76), loc. navasu.

Meaning and Application: The primitive-Aryan importance of the “mystic” nine i …

adjective belonging to the nose, nasal, in -sota the nostril or nose (orig. “sense of smell” DN.i.106; Snp.p.108.

cp. Sk. nāsikya

…(kāye ojaṃ odahissāma supply the body with strength). 2. (fig.) to apply, in phrase sotaṃ odahati to listen DN.i.230 Dāvs v.68

pp…

…to, applied to, in ohita-sota listening, attentive, intent upon (cp. sotaṃ odahati to listen) usually in phrase ohitasoto dhammaṃ…

adjective belonging to mountains, mountain-born (of a river) AN.iii.64 (nadī p˚ā sīghasotā hārahārinī); AN.iv.137 (id.); Vism.231 (id.), Vism.285 (nadī).

fr. pabbata

giving, bestowing; but appears to have also the meaning of “attainment, characteristic attribute”. AN.i.102 (bāla˚ & paṇḍita˚) Ja.i.97 (sotāpattimagg’ ādi˚) Pv-a.71 (anubala˚) Thag-a.35 (anupattidha …

…sasankhāra˚ uddhaṃsota, akaniṭṭhagāmin. Thus at DN.iii.237; SN.v.201, SN.v.237; AN.i.233; AN.iv.14, AN.iv.71 sq., AN.iv.146,…

Patiṭṭhahati & Patiṭṭhāti

to stand fast or firmly, to find a support in (loc.), to be established (intrs.), to fix oneself, to be set up, to stay; aor. patiṭṭhahi Dhp-a.iii.175 (sotāpattiphale), Pv\ …

to establish, set up, fix, put into, instal DN.i.206; SN.i.90; Ja.i.152; Ja.i.168, Ja.i.349 (sotāpatti-phale) Pv-a.22 (id.), Pv-a.38 (id.), Pv-a.50 (saraṇesu ca sīlesu ca), Pv-a.223 (id.), Pv-a. …

Patiṭṭhahati & Patiṭṭhāti

to stand fast or firmly, to find a support in (loc.), to be established (intrs.), to fix oneself, to be set up, to stay; aor. patiṭṭhahi Dhp-a.iii.175 (sotāpattiphale), Pv\ …

…and against the grain; ˚sotaṃ w. & against the stream. 2. anumasati paṭimasati to touch cloesly (lit. up & down)

■ Note. The spelling…

means of reaching a goal or destination, path, way, means, method, mode of progress (cp. Dhs. translation 53, 82, 92, 143), course, practice (cp. BSk. pratipad in meaning of pratipatti “line of cond …

…AN.ii.6 (opp. anu˚), AN.ii.214 sq.

paṭi + sotaṃ, acc. of sota

Phala¹

neuter to burst, thus lit. “bursting,” i.e. ripe fruit; see phalati]

1. (lit. fruit (of trees etc.) Vv.84#14 (dumā nicca-phal’ ûpapannā not to phalu, as Kern, …

…vîz. cakkhu-samphasso, sota˚, ghāna˚, kāya˚ mano˚ DN.iii.243.

• -sampanna endowed with (lovely touch, soft,…

an ordinary, average person (4 classes of ordinary people are discussed at Cpd. 49, 50) a common worldling, a man of the people, an ordinary man MN.i.1, MN.i.7, MN.i.135, MN.i.239, MN.i.323; MN.iii. …

…disvā“ (the others: sota → sadda, ghāna → gandha jivhā → rasa, kāya → phoṭṭhabba, mano → dhamma), cp.…

…defined at Vism.446 (“sota-paṭihanana-lakkhaṇa,” etc.) & at Vb-a.45 (“sappatī ti saddo, udāhariyatī ti attho”). 2. voice…

ready Snp.345 (˚-ā savanāya sotā).

the same as sambodha, the highest enlightenment DN.i.156; DN.ii.155; Dhp.89 = SN.v.29; Snp.478; SN.i.68, SN.i.181; AN.ii.14; Iti.28, Iti.42, Iti.117; Snp-a.73 See also sammā˚. …

…AN.ii.117; DN.ii.62; MN.i.85; Ja.i.502; kāya-s. the touch of the skin DN.ii.75; cakkhu-, sota-, ghāna-, jivhā-, kāya-and mano-s….

…(cp. sīna²), or sinna. The corresponding sotatta (explained as…

hearer DN.i.56; AN.ii.116; AN.iii.161 sq
■ sotā used as a feminine noun Thag-a.200 (Tha-ap.3).

n. ag. fr. suṇāti

scorched Ja.i.390 = MN.i.79, read so tatto (cp. MN.i.536). See sosīta.

having ears, nom. pl. sotavanto SN.i.138; Vin.i.7; DN.ii.39.

sota¹ + vant

…to the ear DN.ii.211. sotabba DN.i.175; DN.ii.346. pp. suta: see separately
caus…

…to the ear DN.ii.211. sotabba DN.i.175; DN.ii.346. pp. suta: see separately
caus…

Sāmañña¹

neuter generality; equality, conformity; unity, company Mil.163; Snp-a.449 (jāti identity of descent), Snp-a.449 (generality, contrasted to visesa detail), S …

…quickly Snp.381; sīghasota swiftly running DN.ii.132; AN.ii.199; Snp.319; --vāhana swift (as horses) Ja.vi.22; cp. adv…

adverb then, as that time (either past or future) DN.ii.157; Ja.ii.113, Ja.ii.158; Pv.i.10#5; Pv-a.42. Also used like an adj.: te tadā-mātāpitaro etarahi m˚ ahesuṃ “the then mother & father” Ja.i.21 …

…adhivacanaṃ SN.iv.83; = sota SN.iv.292 (and a khīṇāsavo = chinnasoto); manujassa pamatta-cārino t vaḍḍhati māluvā viya Dhp.334 …

…or rise Ja.iii.361 (gangāsotaṃ); Ja.iv.161 (samuddaṃ). 3. (intrs.) to go out of direction, or in the wrong direction Vism.327 (neva…

…Snp.901, see Mnd.315. -sota (adj.) one who is going upwards in the stream of life (cp. BSk. ūrdhvasrotaḥ Mahāvy §…

attacked, perhaps “spoilt” (smothered!) in comb^n. with pariyonaddha (covered) at AN.i.202 (T. uddhaseta expl^d. by upari dhaṃsita C.); AN.ii.211 (vv.ll. uddhasotā for ˚etā & uddha …

…Snp.901, see Mnd.315. -sota (adj.) one who is going upwards in the stream of life (cp. BSk. ūrdhvasrotaḥ Mahāvy §…

basis, reliance, support, foundation, assurance, certainty; esp. sufficing condition or qualification for Arahantship (see long article in Childers s. v.); no 9 in the 24 paccayas, Tikapatthāṇa, Tikap …

adjective nt. ussotaṃ as adv. “up-stream” Mil.117.

ud + sota

Vara¹

adjective excellent, splendid, best, noble. As attribute it either precedes or follows the noun which it characterizes, e.g. -pañña of supreme wisdom Snp.391, Snp.1128 (= agga …

…3 iddhi 4 dibba-sota, 5 ceto-pariyañāṇa, 6 pubbe-nivās ânussatiñāṇa, 7 cut’ ûpapatti-ñāṇa, 8 āsavānaṃ…

ruin, destruction; a place of suffering, state of punishment, syn. with apāya duggati; (with which often combined, plus niraya, e.g. Vin.i.227; DN.i.82, DN.i.162; MN.i.73; AN.iii …

adjective flowedaway, wasted Mil.294.

vi + sota, of sru

perceiver, one who apperceives or takes to heart, a learner DN.i.56; AN.iii.169 AN.iv.196 (sotar, uggahetar, v.).

n. ag. of viññāta

…of v.), viz. cakkhu˚ sota˚ etc.,“ which means that viññāṇa is the apperceptional or energizing principle so to speak the soul or…

…pull (?) AN.iv.86 (kaṇṇasotani āvijjeyyāsi, variant reading āvijj˚ āviñj˚, āvicc˚, āviñch˚; cp. Trenckner, Notes 59 āviñjati…

…pull (?) AN.iv.86 (kaṇṇasotani āvijjeyyāsi, variant reading āvijj˚ āviñj˚, āvicc˚, āviñch˚; cp. Trenckner, Notes 59 āviñjati…

…pull (?) AN.iv.86 (kaṇṇasotani āvijjeyyāsi, variant reading āvijj˚ āviñj˚, āvicc˚, āviñch˚; cp. Trenckner, Notes 59 āviñjati…

…eye, 2. sota ear, 3. ghāna nose, 4. jivhā tongue, 5….